Faucet.



H. R. GORBETT.

PAUCET. APPLICATION I-ILED NOV. 29, 1911.

Patented Nov. 12,1912.

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HARVEY RAYMOND CORBETT, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CAADA.

FAUCET.

Patented Nov. 1 2,1912.

applicati@ inea November as, 1911'. serial No. ecaoas.

have invented certain new and useful Im provenients in Faucets, of which the following 1s a specicatwn..

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in faucets.

The object of my invention is to provide a simply Constructed and 'positively opere ating faucet, arranged to be held in a normally closed position, by means of the pressure of the water.

` With the above and other objects in View, the presentinvention consists in the combiif nation and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, and par'- ticul'arly pointed out in the appended claims. In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals 'of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my'faucet, showing my valve closed, Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the valve open, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional vievt7 of the valve removed. l y

Referring particularly to the drawings, 5 represents the base portion of my faucet, which'flares outwardly at 'the bottom, and is provided therebelow with a 'threaded niped to be secured to a water conduit. y The base portion is exteriorly threaded as at 8 to receive thereon the valve casing proper 9,

the upper portion ,of which is threaded at 10, to receive-thereon the bonnet 1-1.v

In the upper part of the base portion'b is a transverse wall 12 provided with a cen trally arranged downwardly flared opening 13, the purpose of which will be referred to later. Extending transversely in the center .of the casing 9 is a centrally apertured wall 14, through which works vertically the valve 15. The valve 15 has the greater, portion of its length cylindrically .shaped land works snugly in the opening in the wall 14,'while its lower'end lares outwardly so as to Afit snugly within the opening 13 before men tioned. The valve 15 is hollow,"and is provided at a suitable distance fromits lower end and within 'the valve, with a horizontally arranged diaphragm or web' 17, the lower end of the valve being dlosed, so that water pressure from below will be exerted against the bottom and normally tend to force the valve upward. On the upperv end of the valve is a washer 18 which is adapted to bear against. the lower face of the upper wall 19 of the casing 9, said wall being provided with a central ,opening 20, through which the water is adapted to pass as will be later described. Extending downwardly in the bonnet and lforlned integrally therewith is an enlargement 21 formed with a recess end of the enlargement is 'arranged an opening 24 which snugly and slidabl'y receives the valve stem 25, said stem extending lWater under pressure from the mains. In one side of the bonnet is a threaded opening 28 adapted to receive the spout 29.

' In the operation of the device, the parts being-inv normal position,'as shown in Fig. 1, the stem 25 is depressed by means of the button 26, which forces downwardly. the valve 15,.unseating the washer 18, and the bell shaped end of the valve. Thebutton 26 is so placed above the bonnet, that its disor three-fourths the distance between the wall 19 and the web 14, so that when the pass below' the web v14, and the opening 29 remain thereabove. In such position water will flow up around the bell-.shaped end of the valve into the' stem through the opening 80, out through the opening 29 into the space above the web, 14 and through the opening' in the wall 19, from whence it flows through the spout 29. Upon release of pres sure on the stern, the water will press unwardly against the bottom of the valve, and consequently raise the valve, to seat the seine openings 29 and 30 above the web 14. It will thus be seen that the water cannot flow from the faucet.

What is claimed is:

1. A faucet comprising a casing, an intermediately arranged and horizontally disposed perforated web, a centrally apertured wall above said web, a hollow valve disposed through the aperture in the web, a valve seat -in thel lower portion of the casing, a

`valve seat in said wall, said valve being pro- 22 to receive the packing 23. In the lower' chamber 27 which is normally filled with tance therefrom isequal to about two-thirds said stem is depressed the opening 30\will at 'its upper and lower ends, and bring the vided' With openin different levels an unseatin s in lits upper portion 4at closed above said openings, means on the valve below said open- 4ingsto receive water pressure thereagainst the valve for engaglng said seats, a transversely arranged wall intermediate the ends of the valve, the inner end of the valve being open, the-portion of the valve above said transversely arranged wall having an opening 1n each s1de thereof at diiferent levels, sald openings belng of such vertical distance of said openings' will remain above said transverse wall in the casing, and the other opening pass below the wall, whereby Water will How upward through the valve.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.'

HARVEY RAYMOND CORBETT. Witnesses:

' G. C. VVOODWARD,

ROY J. HOLMES.

(Iopies o! this pate'ntmay be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

'apart that when said valve is depressed one 

